“5 from the Grinder” with Sergey Rogovets

Sergey Rogovets brings a watchmaker’s eye for precision to his knives.

Sergey Rogovets is another maker from the Empire Outfitter stable, though his work is also available from larger outlets such as BladeHQ and KnifeCenter. He has a background in jewelry and watch making, and his knives show an attention to detail fitting of those crafts. His work is priced for the collector market, but are much more than objets d’art.

We want to thank Sergey for participating in our “5 from the Grinder” series. If you are a knifemaker (or know one) who would like to showcase your work with your own “5ftG” feature, please drop us an email at thetruthaboutknives@gmail.com.

My name Sergey Rogovets ,

First , I am knife user and collector , each time I took new knife I found something that I would improve or modify. Over time and lots of knives I finally realized “perfect knife” doesn’t exist, so I had to make it .

This is how it started .

In today’s world then everything done on computers and quantity more important than quality, I do exactly opposite. All my knives completely hand crafted by me, no CAD , no CNC , no waterjets . Everything done in my shop from Design and parts manufacturing to heat treatment and assembly .

What knifemaker(s) or designer(s) have had the biggest influence on you? Do you have any mentors?

I dont have single maker what made biggest influence on me, it was lots of knives I had over time .